“Is everyone then going to think only of himself and not all of India? Corruption has now become worse than before. Restraint from it has practically gone.” An exasperated Justice SM Subramaniam made the remark while allowing a writ petition before the Madras High Court, which pointed to
There is a need for “quantifiable data” to determine the backwardness of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for providing benefits of reservation in promotion to the members of these communities, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. A Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra
The Supreme Court said the Centre was “underprepared” in furnishing details of MPs and MLAs who have criminal cases against them and expressed displeasure over not providing sufficient data, despite a directive last year, to expedite such cases by setting up special courts. “The union
The Delhi High Court adjourned the hearing of the habeas corpus petition filed by activist Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case till September 14. Navlakha had filed the petition challenging his arrest and transit remand by the Pune Police in the case. The court also refrained from passing
The Supreme Court pulled up the Central Government for not furnishing details of Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and Members of Parliament (MPs) with criminal records. A division bench of the apex court, which was headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising Justices Naveen Sinha and K M Joseph asked
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Secretary and to Principal of Moti Lal Nehru Medical College (MLNMC), Allahabad after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports about ragging in the college. MLNMC is a medical college situated in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis sought an increase in the quality of investigation into cases under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Fadnavis was speaking at a meeting of the State Level High Power Vigilance and Monitoring Committee at Sahyadri State
The Delhi High Court questioned the Maharashtra government over the arrest of rights activist Gautam Navlakha and said it will examine the legality of the state police’s action to arrest him and the transit remand order to take him to a Pune court. However, after
The Supreme Court reserved its verdict on the SFIO’s plea to stay a Delhi High Court order in a case concerning Bhushan Steel’s erstwhile promoter Neeraj Singal. A bench of Justice A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said it will pass orders on the
The Bombay High Court asked the committee probing the Kamala Mills Compound fire incident that claimed 14 lives to submit its report before the court on September 10. In April this year, the high court had ordered that a three-member committee be set up to